Guest of Honor and Speaker’s Profile: Mr. Margarito “Gary” B. Teves

Our country must continue to forge ahead and move on from the economically devastating pandemic as quickly as possible and return to the pre-existing development trajectory. Economic studies indicate that the pandemic has set our country back at least four years – considering that a 9% decline in GDP (about 11% in per capita terms) is equivalent to three or four years of strong growth. To be able to successfully recover, our leaders must undoubtedly waste no time and exhibit the ruthless determination to elevate economic growth as the country’s overriding development objective.